Gas-generator.



PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

T. J. CHRISTY. GAS GENERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MB. 12, 1907.

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8 mm ym/3 PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

' T. J. GHRISTY.

GAS GENERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-12, 1907.

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THOMAS J. CHRISTY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

GAS-GENERATOR.

No. so a re.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented se t. 24,1907.

Application filed March 12, 1907. Serial No. 362,912.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, Tnorms J. Grnusrv, a. citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis and State oiMissouri, have invented new and useful km provernents in GosGo ncrators, of which the, following is a specification.

This invention-relates to gas generators designed for producing a gas suitable for lighting and heating purposes, such as that created by theaction or water on carbid that has been previously immersed in o potro leum oil and the invention embodies in its organization a, water-receiving tank or vessel containing a generator 7 over which arranged a movable bell in which the generated gas is stored for delivery to the outlet pipe or lo duct, there being carried by said bell 21.11 inlet or feed tube through which the carbid generator. I

The invention has for its objects to provide s comparatively simple, inexpensive device oi this chamctcr is deposited into the 2!; wherein Lhcgenersted gas will be thoroughly washed before passing into the bell, one in which the latter will move smoothly and evenly under the action of tho genemted gas, one wherein the generator and tank may be conveniently cleaned when circumstances require, and

one in wl-iich'the feed. tube, which normally securely closed, may bores-(lily opened to'permit introduction or" the can-bid.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises the novel features oi construction and conibinution oi ports, Inore fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is 2 vertical sectiontskonccntrally and longitudinally through a? gas apparatus embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is a. similar. view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig.

4 iso viewsito'lurto Fig. 1, showing the parts in. a diffcrent position.

Refcrring to the drawings, 1 designates o. nruin vessel or tank from whichurisesn pair of fixed guideu'ods or '40 standards 2 and adapted in practice to be partly filled with wuteror other suitable liquid 3, there being ontercdinto the tank l at a point adjacent its bottom, an outlet pipe or duct 4 lniving communication with the house or service pipe and adapted to opcn within the tank. otu point ebovcthe normal lovcl oi thc liquid 3,

while connected in the Wall oi the tank near its bottom is a. discharge spigot 5 through which the water may be drawn oil from the trtnlfi Arranged in the. vessel 1 o. receptacle 6 constituting a. generating chamber providcd at its lowrulcnd with a tubular portion or duct 7 leading outward through the well of the tank 1 and closed at its outer end byniccns of a cap 8 normally hcld'iri closcdposition bye. cum lever 9 pivoted in u yoke 19, in turn pivoted to the duct, it being noted in this connection that the bottom 11 of the generator incommunicating at their upper ends with the interior of the generator through ports 14 and constituting possages for a purposewhich will presently appear, there being formed on the cover 12 21 depending guide-tube 15 Which projects downwardly into and below the surface level of the liquid within the tank.

Disposed in the tank 1 over thepipe 4 and generator 6 is a. movable hood or hell 16 to which is fixed a pair of guide arms 17 provided at their upper ends with suitable eyes to receive the rods 2, ,there being formed in the walls oithe bell, which projects downward into and is sealed by theliquid 3, u poirof vent openings 1 for a purpose which will-hereinafter appear, while fixedly attached to the top Willi of the bell 2 depending feed tube 19 slidably disposed inond for inovegnent through the guide tube 15. The bell weighted at 20 and pro vided through its cover with a valve-controlled relief nozzle 2], while the tube l9 is closed at its upper end by means of a cap 22 normally fixed in closed position by a locking member in the form of a cam-lover 23, the lower end of the tube being normally closed by a conical closure valve 24 carried by a rod or stem 25 having at its upper end a cross-head 26 adapted to engage flanges 27 for holding the valve in closed position.

In practice, llllG tank is suitably failed with water, as shown, and the cap 22 removed alter first releasing the lever 23, so that a quantity of petroleum oil can be iutroduc'ed into the tube 19 in which the oil rests on the surirrce of the Water, in accordance with the well known lows of gravitation. A charge of carbid is next dropped into the tube 19 and finally led into the generator 6 by releasing and permitting the valve 24 to drop 'open, it being noted in this connection that on introduction into thegcncrotor, the carbid posses through and becomes saturated with the oil, which is essential to and usual in the 1I l0(lll(tl0l1 of thcporticulor desired, and further that after the curbid has been deposited in the generator, the valve 24 is closed as is also the cup 22. The cur-bid is, under the action of the water, generatedin the ordinziry manner into gas which posses through the ports 14 into the passzigcs 13, being carried by the latter below the surlucc oi the water through which it arises into the bell l6 and finally passes oil through the duct 4 to the servicc pipe or pipes. it will be undcrstood that the generator nnvv, by rcmoving the cup 8, be readily cleaned and that the cleaning operation is facilitated owing to the bottom ll of the receptacle being inclined downwardly toward the dischurgc tube 7. The bell 15, which will rise under the influence of the gas, moves downward under the action of the weight 20, thereby ldrcing the gas under pressure outward through the paper 4, and in the event of'thc bell rising in.) dbnnrmai height, the gas will esmpe through the vunl, npvnings L5, thus to i'tliiQVO lh pressure Wii-hill the hull.

Having thus described ihe invention, \Vhibi I claim l in :1 device of the class desurihed, a tank adapted to iill pm'iinlly lillml with liquid, :1 receptacle sustained in the i'illlk :ind hnving' 2i ghs escape tulle extended downward hulmv lhe normal levol oi the liquid, said receptacle hc-ing prm'idk'd \viih cover havin H. dep mding guidc-l'uliu, n lil )\;lili(! il\ll fining-ed in the tnnk and c: in; a feud rnhu extended downward ihrnugh said guide tnhn, :l discharge plpu hauling ii-uni the tank and opening within the lather :1! u mini nhm'v. [h1-v lcvul of ihe liquid, means for guiding the hell in its niovninuni's. n'mnns for closing the feed tulle, and n valve 1'0! nnnirollin: uonin'nmication DLiWOOll the fend luhu and receptacle.

2 In n device of the class described, a fnnl: adapted 10 Wu :1 qnziniiiy of liquid, 1| generating receptacle surihinod in the tank and provided with a discharge tube opening outside 0). the hitter, said receptacle having an inclined bottom lending dmvnwnrd to the discharge lube, a cover for the receptacle provided with :i depending guidetnbc, :1 movable hull arranged in the tank and huvinga feed tube slidnlily dispnscd in the snid guide-tube, menus fur (losing the feed tube, :1 gas duct lending from the gunvrntoi' to n, pninl lwlnw Hi0 surface level of the liquidin ihe tank. and :1 discharge pipn lending from Lhe tank and owning; wilhin the latter at :l point above the surface low-l oi the liquid.

in i'vnlimony whereof. I nllix my signature in presence 0i two wiinw rs.

- THOMAS J. Cl-iRlS'ilY.

Witnesses:

(L ltiu' FRANK. GEORGE S. 'louiu'niiln. 

